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Three new additions to the buffalo pasture were spotted with older members of the herd this past week. Though staying close to the adults while roaming the area, the youngsters had some fun running with each other and kicking up their hooves....
Erin Kreho of Thermopolis was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines, at University of Wyoming. Kreho is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 p...
Daniel Webber has announced to the Hot Springs County Republican Central Committee that he intends to file for election to the office of county assessor. He has worked in the assessor’s office since December of 2004, serving as assessor since January 2018 when he was appointed to the position. He has been a permanently certified property tax appraiser by the Wyoming Department of Revenue since 2006. According to Daniel, he feels that conducting day-to-day business with the taxpayers of Hot Springs County in a professional and courteous m...
Wyoming native and Democratic candidate for Governor, Mary Throne, stopped in at Storyteller last week, fielding questions from folks on her thoughts about the state and where we're going in the future. A Cheyenne attorney, Throne served as the assistant attorney general for Wyoming from 1992-1999. Throne has been in the Wyoming House of Representatives since 2007 and was a fighter for reducing the amount of standardized tests Wyoming students are subjected to. She talked extensively with those...
At a special meeting of the Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees Monday night, the resignation of Laurie Graves, Ralph Witters Elementary principal was accepted. “I have had truly mixed emotions,” Graves said. “It took a lot of time to make this decision.” Graves will be taking a principal’s position at Meadowlark Elementary in Buffalo. The move will put her in closer proximity to her husband who lives in Sheridan and to her elderly parents. “It will be a tough good-bye here,” she said. “I love the staff. We have created a...
During the regular monthly meeting of Hot Springs Travel and Tourism, Director Amanda Moeller reported they had received another high deposit of lodging tax receipts for the 2017-18 fiscal year. The May deposit was $12,890.73, compared to $7,913.54 this time last fiscal year. The deposit put the receipts for the fiscal year at five percent, or $8,460.29, higher than this time last year. Moeller also noted three of the four highest deposits this fiscal year are all exactly two months after the...
During a recent meeting of the Thermopolis Town Council, Travel and Tourism Director Amanda Moeller said she did some paperwork for the State of Wyoming a couple months ago regarding opportunity zones, noting the town of Thermopolis was recommended by the governor to be such a zone. However, it is still 30 days before the secretary of the treasury will accept the town as an opportunity zone. Moeller summarized being accepted as an opportunity zone acts something like a new market tax credit... Full story
In a case filed on Nov. 16 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., plaintiff Frank Sacca alleged that Wyoming Whiskey, as well as Brad Mead, Katherine Mead and David DeFazio breached a National Sales Director Employment Agreement. Though a Wyoming company, the business has had multiple sales staff in Illinois, directed considerable efforts to market its product in the state and has had significant communication with its employees and other residents in Illinois. Documents further state...
In the fall of 2016, Governor Matt Mead asked the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources to develop an Outdoor Recreation Task Force to assess, make recommendations and address improving Wyoming’s outdoor recreation sector. Since that time, the task force, consisting of private business owners, the Wyoming Outdoor Council, conservation groups, the forest service, BLM and others have created a list of 11 things Wyoming can do to up the ante on the state’s recreation opportunities. The...
Monday in Hot Springs District Court, Holly Herrera was sentenced to three to five years in prison on each of three counts of child endangerment — exposure to methamphetamine — and one year on a charge of second-offense possession of methamphetamine. Herrera was found guilty of the charges in February, which are from a July 1, 2017 incident. She and three juveniles were passengers in a vehicle stopped for not having illumination on its rear license plate. During the stop, there were dif...
Thermopolis Volunteer Firefighter Rod McQueen at the scene of Tuesday's accident on Hwy. 120, around mile marker 27. The two vehicle, head on collision between a pickup and a motorhome resulted in the deaths of three adults. According to Highway Patrol, the driver of the pickup, which was traveling in the direction of Thermopolis, for unknown reasons swerved before over-correcting into the oncoming lane, striking the motorhome. Friends traveling in tandem with the occupants in the motorhome...
The body of 66-year-old David E. Cathey was found at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 3 in the Sand Draw area around Gebo. According to information from the Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office, Cathey’s body appeared to have been there about five to seven days before it was discovered, and an autopsy showed the cause of death was exposure. According to the report, James Mischke and Holden Hergert were heading through the area to do some target shooting when they discovered the body, which had bla...
Ryan J. Clayton of Nottingham, UK recently published an academic paper on a specimen with some peculiar pathologies at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Clayton stated he volunteered/interned at the center in the summer of 2013. He started university to do his undergraduate degree in Natural History in 2014 and in 2017, the final year, he had to do a dissertation. He asked the center if there were any projects he could do and was told about some bones with strange features. “At first it was assumed this could be a new species,” Clayton said, “bu...
Thermopolis Volunteer Fire chief, Mark Collins, was presented an award on Tuesday night as the longest-running chief in the department's 99-year history. Collins has been chief for 15 years. In the background, his children are on face-time so they could see dad get his award as well....
Julie Mortimore is pleased to announce that she is running for re-election for Hot Springs County treasurer. “During these three years, I learned about and tackled important issues,” she said. “I have made great strides in improving and providing service to the taxpayers of Hot Springs County. “The experience and relationships that I have built during my first term have put me in a strong position for continued progress and improvement in dealing with the ever changing laws and rules governing the office. “I have tried my best to represent...
Terri Cornella has announced her intention to run for Clerk of the District Court in a letter to the Hot Springs County Republican Central Committee. Cornella has been in the field off and on for more than 30 years. Born and raised in Thermopolis, Cornella graduated Casper College in the late 70’s and began working for the City of Casper police department in the records division before moving on to the City of Casper’s Municipal Court. Returning to Thermopolis, she began working in the County Attorney’s Office in 1990 where she was instr...
Primary election day will be upon us before you know it and the filing deadline for elected officials in Thermopolis and Hot Springs County is June 1. Filing opens next week, Thursday, May 17. To file for county offices, please visit the county clerk’s office, and for Thermopolis, please see the city clerk at Town Hall. The primary on August 21 will have the following on the ballot: Hot Springs County: Two County Commissioners (4-year terms) One County Assessor (four-year term) One County Attorney (four-year term) One County Clerk (four-year te...
Hot Springs County's Democtatic Party held their local convention last weekend, hearing from a few of the democratic candidates, choosing their state representatives and adopting a two-year platform for the party. The local democrats were joined by Jeff Dockter who is running for the State Auditor position, Mary Throne, candidate for Wyoming State Governor and Travis Helm, the only democrat challenging incumbent Liz Cheney for her House seat. In addition, Dean Ferguson, director of the party...
The Wyoming Highway Patrol has released the names of those involved in a fatality crash near milepost 26 on Highway 120 on Tuesday, May 8. According to the report, the victims in the incident are 18-year-old Kolten S. Moss of Laramie, and 75-year-old Ib R. Jensen and 72-year-old Elsebeth F. Jensen of Cannes, France. The report further indicates Moss was driving a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 ST SL pickup southbound on Highway 120 when the truck crossed the center line and the northbound lane where it exited the roadway. The driver over corrected the... Full story
Parents and members of the community were invited to a public informational meeting at the auditorium on Monday to hear about the safety measures that are in place and the next steps in the process. “We built these buildings so the students could learn,” Superintendent Dustin Hunt said. “We need to keep students and staff safe while they’re in here.” The purpose of the meeting was to primarily deal with active shooter situations and what the district has done to be prepared. The first line of d...
Though it was the Thermopolis Police Department that made the collar on Jeremy Breeden Friday afternoon, it really was a community effort that helped to capture the fugitive. The hunt for Breeden began on Monday, April 23, when local law enforcement were notified he could be in the area. Along with his brother, Cody, and a third unidentified subject, Breeden was wanted in connection with the attempted murder of 19-year-old Trenton Penn of Minneapolis, Kan., who was found a hotel in Junction...
Tuesday evening at the Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Travel and Tourism Director Amanda Moeller presented a report on how Hot Springs County did in 2017. The county saw 88,000 overnight visitors, which was a bit down from the 97,000 the previous year, Moeller said, a surprise considering the eclipse. Moeller said the same company does the report every year, and the method is the same. The county did bring in $24.7 million through direct Travel and Tourism expenditures from travel last year....
The Hot Springs County Commissioners approved the leasing of a new enhanced 9-1-1 system for the county at their Tuesday morning meeting. Dean Peranteaux who handles all the IT services for the county, estimates our current system will have a massive failure within the next six to 12 months. Peranteaux, along with a committee consisting of first responders and emergency management, reviewed several proposals for a new system before narrowing their choice down to a new Motorola system from ECW,...
A case against Hugo A. Luna has been bound over to Hot Springs District Court. Luna faces felony charges of first-degree attempted murder and kidnapping. According to court documents, on the morning of Friday, April 13 the Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office received report that a driver on Highway 120 had located an injured female subject near mile marker 15. During the course of an investigation involving DCI, it was found the subject had been riding with Luna for about a month, and became s...
Sunday, April 22, 169 young citizens were recognized by the congressional delegation for earning bronze, silver and gold Wyoming Congressional Awards. U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, U.S. John Barrasso M.D., Representative Liz Cheney, Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Buchanan, Wyoming State Treasurer Mark Gordon and Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow presented the medals for initiative, service and achievement at the annual ceremony at the Cheyenne Civic Center. Of the 169,...
